Based at
Grimsthorpe Castle and Bourne. Flew in 34 C-47s from Barkston Heath, vehicles in 7 Horsas
from Keevil and a Hamilcar from Tarrant Rushton. Went in: 548 men; died: 82; evacuated:89
or 108 (reports differ); captured:377

Based at Woodhall Spa, B Company at
Bardney. Flew in 56 Horsas from Broadwell and Blakehill Farm and a Hamilcar from Tarrant
Rushton. Went in: 788 men; died: 121 (more than any other battalion); evacuated: 235;
captured: 432

Based in and around Melton Mowbray.
Flew in 34 C-47s (1 with Advance Party from Barkston Heath, 33 from Saltby), vehicles in 7
Horsas rom Keevil and a Hamilcar from Tarrant Rushton. Went in: 479 men (possibly more);
died: 98; evacuated: 68; captured:313

Based at Barleythorpe Hall. Flew in 6 C-47s from
Spanhoe and Saltby, and 6 Horsas from Keevil. Went in: 129 men; died: 6; probably none
evacuated; missing: up to 123; one officer from the 'sea tail' also died.

Divisional Units

163 Field Ambulance, RAMC

1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery

1 Forward (Airborne) Observation Unit, RA

1st Airborne Divisional Signals

Lt-Col M.E.M
Herford MBE,MC,DSO(prisoner of war)

Lt-Col W. F. K.
Thompson MBE (wounded & prisoner of war)

Maj. D. R. Wight
Boycott(at Airborne Corps HQ, Groesbeek)

Lt-Col T. C. V.
Stephenson

9th (Airborne) Field Company,
Royal Engineers

261 (Airborne) Field Park Company, RE

21st Independent
Parachute Company

1st Airborne
Reconnaissance Squadron

Maj. J. C.
Winchester

Lt W. H. Skinner(who was killed in
a battlefield atrocity)

Maj. B. A. Wilson

Maj. C. F. G. Gough
MC(prisoner of war)

250 (Airborne) Light Composite Company

1st Airborne Divisional
Field Park, RAOC

1st (Airborne) Divisional Workshops R.E.M.E.

1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company, CMP

X

Capt. Cranmer-Byng

(evader)

Maj. C. C. Chidgey

(wounded and prisoner of war)

commander unknown

Capt. W. B. Gray(died of wounds)

89th (Parachute) Field Security Section,
Intelligence Corps

Capt. J. E. Killick

(prisoner of war)

1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery

Based at Boston. The regiment (less
No.2 Battery) flew in 57 Horsas from Fairford, Blakehill Farm, Down Ampney, Manston and
Keevil on first lift; No. 2 Battery and others flew in 33 Horsas from Manston on second
lift. Went in: 372 men; died: 36;evacuated: 136; missing: 200.

Based at Caythorpe. Flew in C-47s and
Horsas from several airfields, much of the unit being split up to provide signals for the
division's infantry brigade and artillery HQs. Went in: 348 men; died: 28; evacuated: 149;
missing: 171.

RASC Based at Longhills Hall,
Branston, and at Lincoln. Three parachute platoons, with jeeps sections attached, together
with a light transport section of jeeps, were provided by the company for the airborne
operation, most of the heavy transport coming up with the 'sea tail'. Flew in 4 C-47s from
Barkston Heath and Saltby and 34 Horsas and 3 Hamilcars from Keevil, Harwell and Tarrant
Rushton. Went in: 226 men (including 10 from 93 Company attached); died: 29; evacuated:
75; captured: 122.

Based at Stubton Hall, Newark, but
sections at divisional and brigade HQs. Company HQ_flew in a Horsa from Down Ampney,
sections in shared C-47s or Horsas with units. Went in: 69 men; died: 7; evacuated: 13;
captured: 49

This 12-strong group, mostly from No. 2 (Dutch)
Troop of No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando, flew in with various units. 2
commando's were involved in premature Glider Landings; 1 Commando was
killed (Pte. Bakhuis-Roozeboom) ; 4 were taken prisoner; the remainder were evacuated or
became evaders.

Fifteen men flew in; one was taken prisoner; it
is thought that the others were evacuated safely.

US
Air Support Signals Teams

Two teams, each of five Americans from the 306th
Fighter Control Squadron with two British jeep drivers, flew in 4 Waco gliders from
Manston. No fatal casualties; numbers evacuated and missing not known.

GHQ
Signal Liaison Regiment Detachment (Phantom)

Ten men flew in (aircraft/glider details not
known); no fatal casualties; no further details available.

Jedburgh Team

Two officers (one
Dutch, one US) and one US NCO flew in shared C-47. Both attempted to break out from
the Bridge area to look for help.

The Dutch officer Jacobus Groenewoud
was killed during this action and the American officer Lt. Harvey Allan Todd returned to
his unit at the Bridge. He became a prisoner of war later.

The US NCO, Technical Sergeant Carl
A. Scott, evaded capture and returned to duty but was killed in action later in 1944.